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Revolutionary War Connecticut, 1779 Promissory Note for £500, Signed by James Church, Fenn Wadsworth

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Revolutionary War Connecticut, 1779 Promissory Note for £500, Signed by James Church, Fenn Wadsworth
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Hartford, Connecticut, 1779. Handwritten promissory note to pay Joshua Elderkin, Esq. the sum of 500 Pounds and "charge the State," dated February 2nd, 1779. Signed by Jedediah Huntington, Pay-Table members James Church and Fenn Wadsworth, as well as Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence. Promissory Notes like this were issued by the State of Connecticut to help finance the Revolutionary War. Military finances in the state of Connecticut were managed by the Pay-Table, which was also known as the Committee of Four, during the Revolutionary War. Jedediah (or Jedidiah) Huntington (4 August 1743 - 25 September 1818), was an American general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he served in numerous civilian posts. John Lawrence (1719-1802) served as treasurer of the Connecticut colony, and later as the Connecticut State Treasurer from 1769 to 1789, spanning the crucial period of colonial rule, through the American revolution, and into the early years of the United States. During the Revolutionary War, Lawrence was commissioner of loans for the new nation. Fenn Wadsworth (1750/51-1785) was a brigade major to General James Wadsworth from 1776 to 1779. He fought in many battles during that time, but his failing health forced him to leave active service. He was involved in Connecticut's early governance, shown by his membership to the Committee of Four in this document. VF condition for its age, historic relic of early American history.